| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-12 | Fort Payne | Al | Heil Environmental | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was installing an empty cylinder onto an assembly body support bracket. The cylinder slipped and caught the employee's left index finger against the bracket. The employee suffered an amputation just below the nail. | |||||
| 2020-10-06 | Fort Payne | Al | JET Polymer Recycling, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a grinder's airlock. The grinder fingers in the airlock severely lacerated the employee's left hand; the middle finger was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2020-10-06 | Fort Payne | Al | CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS (DE), Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee had been repairing a cable line from a ladder. The employee was climbing down the ladder when it shifted, causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured hip and lacerations to the wrist and head. | |||||
| 2020-07-02 | Fort Payne | Alabama | Builders Supply Company, Inc. of DeKalb County | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting lumber with a saw. The saw bucked, pulled in the lumber, and amputated the employee's hand. | |||||
| 2020-06-08 | Fort Payne | Alabama | Valley Joist, L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was catching metal plates. The material was binding and sliding down after it was cut. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the stop and the material, sustaining a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2020-02-24 | Fort Payne | Alabama | Bryant Heating and Cooling | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting a 2x4 with a circular saw. The board twisted and the saw kicked back causing a partial amputation of the left ring finger. | |||||
| 2019-09-16 | Fort Payne | Alabama | Pilgrims Pride | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was unloading metal racks containing chicks using a hook and winch system. His left hand was caught between a rack and a hook, and his middle and index fingers were lacerated. | |||||
| 2019-09-06 | Fort Payne | Alabama | Valley Joist, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was standing next to a roller bed waiting for the next joist to come down. He reached to stop the joist and pull it over to him so he could tack the two ends. When he grabbed the end bar, it fell between two pieces of angle. The employee's left pinky finger was pinched between the two angles resulting in a partial amputation to the fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-09-01 | Fort Payne | Alabama | Heil Environmental | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over a plasma cutter wand cable and fell to the floor, suffering a hip injury. | |||||
| 2019-07-26 | Fort Payne | Alabama | Game Time | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a golf cart in the facility when their left leg came in contact with a steel safety barrier and was fractured. | |||||
| 2019-07-24 | Fort Payne | Alabama | Game Time | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was assisting another associate in utilizing the large roll bender to bend 3-foot steel pipe. The employee's left index finger was caught in the machine and sustained an avulsion resulting in amputation to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-02-02 | Payne | Ohio | Lippert Components, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On February 2, 2019, an employee's fingers and thumb tip were amputated while operating a radial saw. | |||||
| 2018-07-10 | Fort Payne | Alabama | Five Star Industrial Services, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee experienced severe heat cramps after conducting electrical rewiring activities, requiring hospitalization for heat stress. | |||||
| 2017-10-16 | Fort Payne | Alabama | Surge Staffing, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| A temporary employee was attempting to reset a safety roller in the housing of a conveyor when the conveyor belt caught the roller and pushed it into another roller, creating a pinch point. The employee's left ring fingertip was then caught in the pinch point and amputated. | |||||
| 2017-08-14 | Fort Payne | Alabama | The Heil Co., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting steel bars with a horizontal bandsaw when the blade amputated his right small finger. | |||||
| 2017-03-24 | Fort Payne | Alabama | International Fire Protection, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was inspecting and servicing fire extinguishers when a client's forklift struck the employee's left ankle from behind, breaking it and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-10-17 | Fort Payne | Alabama | Heil Manufacturing | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was observing a packer/hopper assembly that he had just finished when the hydraulic fitting failed and he was struck by the hydraulic hose and sprayed with hydraulic fluid. He then fell backward and struck the back and top of his head on a solid square object located approximately 5 feet behind his observation point. He suffered a small cut to the skin on the right side of his neck, bruising from the cut down across his right clavicle, bruises to the back of his neck, and a scrape to | |||||
| 2016-08-31 | Fort Payne | Alabama | Valley Timber, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating the chop saw. Another employee was operating a PIV and struck a metal cart that was holding wood and the cart then struck the employee operating the chop saw in the lower leg causing lacerations. | |||||
| 2015-12-08 | Fort Payne | Alabama | Industrial Packaging Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting pieces of cardboard with a band saw and amputated the right middle finger above the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-08-26 | Fort Payne | Alabama | The Heil Co., Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment |
| An employee bumped into equipment forks and sustained a bruise to the lower leg on 8/21/15. The incident was reported to the employer on 8/25/15 when the employee sought treatment. The employee was hospitalized on or about 8/26/15 for the treatment of a hematoma. | |||||